Author: Maggi Pier

Your entire body takes direction from your hormones. Hormones are secreted by your endocrine system and are responsible for telling your organs what to do and when to do it.1 They are essentially chemical messengers that travel throughout your bloodstream, working slowly over time to affect processes like growth and development, metabolism and reproduction. Sometimes,…

Each year Soko Glam releases its Best of K-Beauty Awards highlighting the most innovative and efficacious products to enter the scene. This year, they introduced a new category, the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the winner is Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence ($38). This essence is considered a holy grail product in the Soko Glam community,…

Before we look at those places around the world with soft approaches to the pandemic, and the successes they have had, everyone needs to know that the pandemic has taken on a shroud of fantasy. Its an illusion, many say, a scam even though the virus is real, though probably man-made.   We still hear……

If you’re a fig lover, this next sentence may be hard for you to swallow. The figs you’re eating could have a dead wasp stuck in them. I know that probably makes you squirm, but it sounds more dramatic than it is. You may think the idea of wasps inside a fig is gross, but…

As a trans, nonbinary, agender person, navigating sex and pleasure is often challenging. That’s in large part a reflection of the lacking sex education young people get (if they get any at all) and patriarchal perspectives about sex and dating that center the cisgender, heterosexual experience. An effect of this landscape is that many cisgender…

Many of us struggle to find the time and motivation to exercise, it can be impossible to fit a workout in around work, childcare and other commitments. However, evidence shows that exercising for even 10 minutes a day can make a huge difference to your health and fitness levels.  As another wave of lockdown measures surface…

An underappreciated aspect of immune health may be exposure to toxins. But the conversation on immunity cannot be limited to the ingestion of vegetables vs. sugar or wearing a mask vs. not wearing a mask. Toxins contribute to a weak immune system in various ways. It’s important to be aware of your toxic load and…

The ways in which we find happiness can differ greatly from person to person and the active pursuit of a healthy lifestyle is not embraced by all. We are constantly in the midst of self-discovery whether we know it or not and there was a time in my life when I withstood a particularly educational…

Alcohol can negatively affect any part of the body when drunk in excess. It is widely known that frequently consuming drugs and alcohol can negatively impact fertility. In men, it is common knowledge that alcohol abuse causes a low sperm count. However, many women are unaware of how alcohol can impact their fertility. Things like…